A play therapist may help get to the root of a child's behaviour

Margaret Jennings reveals how children can open up with a play therapist.    

A play therapist may help get to the root of a child's behaviour

TUMMY aches, headaches, bed wetting and constipation may seem like normal everyday issues that a parent has to confront with small children. But, when the child ends up at the door of play therapist Myriam Clancy there is usually a lot more going on beneath the surface.

Cork-based Clancy, who has been practising for the past 10 years, says she has seen an increase in anxiety among young children due to many causes, but it’s not until they begin to express their feelings though play in a safe environment that the truth emerges.

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